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THE LONDON JOURNALS. VAMY •EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, MAY 5, 1826. Ella TimEs.] 'The tong list of Resolutions submitted last night by Mr. Hume to the . consideration of Parliament con tains a series of propositions, among which ate to be found 'some of the most important that can be sup , posed to affect the character o£ a Government, or the financial and political interests "of 'a nation. As_ the -Hon. Gentleman rests his arguments on figures—in deed, on figures arranged and ,made public by the Ministers themselves—it will not be too much to take for granted that the working of their own arithmetic ought- to •be'held conclusive against its authors. Two or three of the results, therefore, arrived at by an ap plication of the most simple rules of Cocker to the Treasury data thus afforded, we subjoin for the reader's use ; premising that all the resolutions—(47 in number)—are well worthy an attentive perusal by those who think themselves capable of understanding the complex form of the official accounts handedin by Ministers, and referred to by, the Hon. Membere-r It appears then, (we shall employ round numbers, for the sake of ease and brevity,), that although' the Chancellor of the Exchequer boasted of a reduction in the gross debt, funded and unfunded, from the end of the war to the sth of January, 1826, of upwards of 43,000,0001, sterling, the reduction actually effected (and that from the increased money Value of the debt since the pence) being nearly a nominal reduction, amounts to no more than about 27,000,0001. sterling. Secondly, that the annuity created against the coun try, on •account of what is called the dead weight, was equivalent to a perpetual interest of 4 per cent. per , 3111111 m, while the Commissioners of the Sinking \\ F'und, at'the same moment, were buying up the public - debt at the rate of a little more than :3 percent. er annum. Next, that for the 24 years of October, 17 92,. to January, 1817, the public exnenditure exceeded the revenue by about 393,000,0001., but there were loans during that period to the amount of 618,000,000/., leaving a sum applicable to the reduction of the debt amounting to more than 225,000,000/. ; whereas, little inure than 188,000/. altogether were paid from the Exchequer to the Commissioners of the Sinking purgl,, leaving a sum of - above 86,000,000/. sterling wholly unaccounted for by the King's Ministers ! Again, that making allinvanee for a poptilation in creased since .1792 about 40 per cent., the consump , • Lion of articles essential to human comfort has under gone either a positive o'r relative diminutionas, for example, for the 10 years from 1785 to 1794, tile, quantity of malt consigned in this country was on the average above 257,000,000 bushels; whereas from the . 19 years from 1815 to 1824, (years of peace • the consumption was . no more than ' 25,200,000 Ishels ! whereas had it kcptpaee with the population, ~.itarosild have exceed 35,000,000 bushels, per annum. .—That instead of a compensation for the falling off of those comforts which were derived from tnalt,being found in an increased enjoyment of spirits, the use of spirits also hal; deelinerWrom an average of 18,000,000 gallons in the years 1806 to 1810, down "to 12;000,000 iii theyears ithOtOlB24, while the population had in creased. 30per cent. So in wines there has been a positive, and in sugar, teas, and tobacco, a striking relative di minution. It is stated, in conclusion, that crimes and •pauperism. have ,lamentably acid fearfully increased.—. And for all these evils---a complex, deceitful, and ruinous system of finance -- the immense extent of taxation—the convulsed appearance of our manufac turing and commercial interests, and the decaying con .dition Of the people generelly—an immediate investi gation ought,to take place into the, causes of such ca lamities,: and some measures of a decided nature, re sorted to, as remedies for them. The debate which took place on Mr. Hume's motion was chiefly remarkable for the important statement with which it•was introduced. As that statement WIIB em bodied ill the resolutions which we publish in another part of our paper, and 08 the non. Gentleman's speech waeonly a comment • on :his reSolutions, it would be, surperkion Yo to give any outline of. Ids observations. lri ithistrpting his propositions respe4ting the ,late-no minal sinking. fund, he insistedobat instead of being i means of reducing our debt, it was pernicious delusion. This had, ind,ed, been done by Dr. Hamilton several , • , , • • years ago ; but the arguments o; fast night were un pOttUnt, RS they called forth from the Chancellor of the Exchequer an implied admission of its impolicy.--- Another important :point brought forward by Mr. l•fuine, and not denied by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, - though a pointlike the last, distinguished for no novelty, , woe, that making allowance for the differ enoc in the value of our currency, the amount of reve nue collecteihkeit 'year want within a million and a ludf of that.colleted in the expensiv, cye ar of:. tlie war. In supporting and illustrating this,,proposi,tioo, thulion. Member pointed out to the country gentleinen thatthe 52,000,00 a. levied on the people last year would pur chase more quarters of wheat than thu 60,000,000/, leVied it, 1815. But the most • important propo tion in ,his speech and in his printed paper rela ted to the, amount,of consumption at different periods. The - Ili.,;ilOurable Member proveib that reference being had to the increase - of the population, the consump tion of itnist articles had fallen off, or had. not in t:to:load Ow last 40 years. As we have not before ofticiAl aecomitii verify this statement, we nay 'on Mr. flume's accuracy' and Mr. Robinson's asquics . cene6 fOr the truth of , facts as important as they are .The speeeh .of the Chancellor 'of the I;:xelie4iner, though a plausible defense of himself, onild tjcarctily be • Called a 'reply to arguments or tutemartts of the previous speaker. He only suc- Waded, in•showing th a t th e resolutions which involved his *meter for consistency' were informal, when coupled.:Witb the.motion for an address .arid that if he, hi attic*" was innocent of practising, delusion respect ing the state of - our - finances, and the redemption of our debt, his predeeessors could not plead the same apology.. Mr. Brougham concluded th e d e b a t e , b y solne'pcstinent and (Ord* obst3riations which he in ttOdoccAl, without-any apparent inclination to enter on tb6'getteral discussion,-/bid. iatontoNG onnosteLn.] whole question respecting the Bonded Corr, and the importation of Foreign. Corn during the re „as, o n payment of a duty, comes on to-night. It was expected that as one of the measures was urgent, namely, the allowing the Bonded Corn to be taken out, no tiree.would be lost in carrying it through Puha ment. But it would seem that the storm which arose inlhe 'House of Lords on Monday niOn, and agitated' the:llollw.of` Commons on Tuesday night, had rather frightened' Ministers.. 44r b. e really pity Ministers, Evetrtnati who can connect two sentences in either }rouse, 'tleents himself warranted in upbraiding thitin with their inconsistency in announcifig last year a revi- sion'of the Corn Lawsin postponing this year the, revision to another Session--and then, suddenly avail ing themselves of the distress in the Manufacturing Districts, 'to propose measures which would really in, volve an alteration in these laws. The men who upbraid Ministers with their - inconsistency know well • enough that they are not free agents; that, though they appear to originate measures, they are in reality obliged to consult the temper of the. influential part of the two Houses ; and .that they appear inconsistent merely beCause they lend themselves to the encourage ment of the delusion that they are not the mere crea tures of the Landowners. The present Ministers have been attempting to obtain a little popularity for themselves individually, and have rather more honesty than is, perhaps, strictly necessary, and they, therefore, feel these taunts more than men less alive to their re putation would do. They dare not lay open the me ehanism of the State machine to the million ; and at the same time they feel sore under imputations which they are conscious ought net to be made against :them. If they were:perfectly callous, their situation would be comfortable enough ; it is the possession of a share of good intention and good feeling which ren ders that situation more difficult than it otherwise would be. The female who has slightly deviated from propriety, and is unwilling to forego the reputation of virtue, suffers much more than she who has 'fairly made up her, mind to the consequences of vice. It is the struggling between two principles that makes men most uncomfortable in this world. If Ministers could therefore make up their minds to bear patiently the kicks of every ass of a Landowner in either House z it would, perhaps, add the comfort of their situation. The Landowners would be delighted with men who would have no rill • of their own, and who, by pro posing only such measures as they knew beforehand would be palateable to the sovereigns, instead of oc casionally aiming at the benefit of the people, would not allow the public to, see too clearly that the Legi dative, instead of being . -a check on the Execti. tive, is itself both Legidative and Executive. It is generally understood that one only of the measures will be carried—the allowing. the Bonded Corn to enter the market. Ministers evidently relied too much on the influence of the facts and reasonings of Mr. Jacob 'on the Country 'Squires. We suspect that' those . Members, who, like Mi.. Bonett, of Wilt shire, know how much the proprietors of the thin Downs of Hampshire= and Wiltshire have suffered from the increased importations of wool, in conse puke of the conversion of arable land into sheep pastures on the Continent, will he the first to be rea sonable. Reason in England is always material. You may thump a long time at the head of a Country 'Squire before lie feels any thing ; but the moment ,you operate upon his pocket , he is perfectly docile. ' 1 Ten shillings less the quarter made Sir Thomas,Leth ladge and 'Squire Gooch bound from 'One extreme with° other in the House—ten •shillings the quitter . ' more, and ilier were in their old position. There is no &minty in the world in which the ' , eine of money is so irann4q.Stood as in England, ;and no part , of England in ;iviiabit is ,better . understood than in Par liament. ttr.4tirriottSrtl] It is hardly possible to conceive that those persons are sincere in their reasoning who infer, from thenica sures in agitation with respect to Foreign Corn, any . thing like an admission on the . part of GoVcinment that the Corn Laws have have in any degree contri buted to produce the present distress of the country. It is certainly true that the admission to .consumption of the foreign corn now in bond must operate either to reduce the price of bread, or to check the tendency to an advance ; and in Nvhatevo degree it affects one or the other of these purposes; it will relieve exist ing distress, 'or prevent its aggravation. But that there must of necessity exist some relation between the causes of any calamity, physical; moral, or 'olitical, and the remedies' or palliatives by 'th e application of 'which its course may be best arrested or controided, is an al sumption directly opposed to all reason andrexperience. It would scarcely be more irrational to argue' that the administration of steel must be the most eifeCtual cure for a sabre cut, or that nothing be applied to a guns shot wolina so likely to be beneficial tui saltpetre. .As to the second proposition of Ministers—rthat which calls upon Parliament to•clothe Government with au thority to permit ..the importation of Foreign Corn, charged with a certain duty, if circumstances during the absence of Parliament should render this tempo rary relaxation of the Corn Laws necessary—it is plainly a prOpoSitiOk which affords no grounds of rea soning whatever in referenento the existing distress.' It' is not'n measure of tv remedial, but of a . preventive na- ' ture, nor is the evil against which it i s s p ec i a lly in tended to guard ofa character in auy respect similar to that whichnoiv aids the country. The existing distress may have suggested, and does in truth stronglyentbree the ne cessity Of this provision against possible circumstances; hut it does so only in .the same manner,, and for the same reasons, that the occurrence of 'any one misfor tune demands, and at the; same time disposes us to the adoption of an extraordinary measure of, vigilance and.cireumspection, against the approach of any other poSsible calamity, however different in its nature or its origin. That apprehensiveness of contingent danger, which in certain circumstances would Justly incur the reproach Of weakness, 'may become in different circum stances a mark of the highest wisdom. To say that so4llooll' of national confusion or calamity that de gree of caution., on the part of,. (Government may be just,. which at a more elate and propitious moment would. be excessivewhat is it, in, truth, but to translate the unerring instinct of nature into a maxim of prudence ? EMOUNING HERA Ll).] Nothing shows more dearly the necessity which exists for a complete revision of the Criminal Laws than the periodical reports made by the Recorder of London to the King in Council. The Report made in the Council on Wednesday contains the names of forty-two capital convicts, and there 'remain eight others not yet reported—making altogether the appal ling number of 50 individuals, whose lives are de clared forfeited to the, laws of their country ; and this is the harvest of a single Session ! Now, supposing the laws were to be carried into full effect, what a spec tacle of terror would be the sweeping extermination of so rnanylives at once.. And why are they not carried into full effect ? BecauSe the feelings of the Sovereign, and the very Judge who sentences those unhappy people, revolt, at the idea of so sanguinary a vindica tion of our Criminal Code. That code is therefore impracticable and uncertain—two of the worst defects that a system of lawa could have: That legislation cannot be the result of wisdom that excites more pathy for the offender than horror at his offence. When laws are iincertain, they cannot be offective,in repressing crime. A cardinal vice in our English system is the multiplicity of capital punishments. It does not aypear by any thing which has: yet transpired that Mr..Peelintends to.diminish the num ber to any great extent. In the instance of stealing in the dwelling-house, his intention of raising the sum necessary for a capital conviction from 40s. to 51. is a specimen of minute legislation, Which cannot produce much good. At the time when the stun was fixed at 405., that money was of more value than 51. at pre sent, and at all events, it was originally far too low. This has long been felt by Juries, who often com mit what are called " pions perjuries" to save,the life of a human being. They are frequently induc e d to bring the prisoner in guilty of stealing to the value of 395., only to evade • the capital part of the charge, although well knowing that the goods stolen were worth more than 101. Ndw, why should the laws be so framed as to . put a sort of humane com- . pulsion on Juries to violate their oaths ? This is lay ing a snare for the consciences of men, which all wise legislators ought to avoid. But should Juries per form their duty with the most rigid fidelity to the letter of the law, still the merc if u l interposition of the Sovereign disappoints the sanguinary code so often. of its prey, that the theory of our cri- Ininal Law is quite at variance with the practice. Is this reasonable or salutary—would it not be better that the punishment of crime was so judiciously apportioned to the offence, that the certainty of. its application might always be accounted on ? Would it not then be much better to abolish capital punish ment in all but atrocious cases, than to condemn such numbers to death by laws that are too cruel to be carried into effect ? The King takes the opi nion of the Judges who tried the respective cases before he selects - those who are to be executed or spared, and thus the livys of criminals depend not upon' the certain applicatio of defined laws, but the discretionary power Qf Judges. This imposes on them an odious and panful responsibility. fhis also makes the extreme application' of the law so irregular and unsettled as to be a sort oflottery of punishments and pardons, in which every criminal hopes to draw a prize. Such a system rather operates as'a temptation to crime than a prevention of it, It is ,equally guinary in principle, and imbecitp in effect, and re quires a far more comprehensive ra?rmation than Mr. Peel has announced. A BILL FOR TIIE REGISTRATION OF ALIENS. (Sess. 7, deo.''4.) . This Bill fulfils the promise of Mr. Secretary Peel to the House of Commons, and consummates the de struction of the late Alien Acts. These Acts are con tinued down to the 23d of November, 1826, and will be allowed to expire at that•thne, when this Bill will come into operation. A great deal of very unneces sary clamour has been at various times raised against the provisions of these laws ; ,but we confess we never could understand upon what priaiple, or for what .reason. The power to send Aliens out of the. kingdom, conferred by them upon the King in Council, . nothing more than a statute , declarative of the common law ; 'for it would be as absurd to suppose that . the head of a State had not ti t authority to exclude foreigners froth'its shores, as that society:Aould be c-0kup.444 R • admit meiliberS. all persons who deemed - theinse4Ves competent„ ii.be conic such. members. However, public opinion in this _instance - has prevailed, and th e upshot it is the in troduction of the present Bill. It will, no doubt, be considered by all liberal Aliens as a boon, and desig nated as part of the liberal policy of the British Ca binet. 'Those disposed to view the matter in- this light shall be perthitted, without our interferenee, to enjoy their opinions;_ although we cannot help think ing that, if the present Bill bad been submitted to. Parliament instead of the original Alien Act, it would have been the occasion of quite as much abuse,. quite as much clamour, and quite as much speechification, as the luekleSs laws which have' undoubtedly produced it, and, we may add, with quite as much reason. In proof of this, let us take • a brief view of the coutelits.: of this , Bill. • livery ...Alien in the kingdom, except 'such as have been resident there a given time, are within its. operation, and are to declare their names, rink, and Occupation ' an d transmit the de c l a r a ti on t o the Alien' Office: Masters of- vessels are also to de clare,to the custom-house officers the Aliens on board their ships, except they be seamen navigating the yes qail. Aliens arriving on the British Shores are to make similar declarations, and deliver up their passports, and will receive in return a duplicate of their declara tion, which the Act calls a certificate. This certi ficate' is to be transmitted to the Alien Office by' the Alien, who, at the same ,time, will declare where he intends to reside,' and wile must must also keep the Alien 'Office advised of his place of residence half yearly. A pourer is then given to the 'Secretary 'of . State, in case of need, to require more frequent declarations Of any Alien's place, of abode. These are the chief , contents of the Act ; the residue is em ployed in making provision for the due observance of the before-mentioned clauses. There certainly is nothing particularly vexatious in these provisions ; but beyond the omission of the power to send Aliens out of the' kingdom, (which omission throws very strong doubts upon the Kin(s prerogative in this re spect) we find them : nearly similar to the provisions of 'those ill-starred and much-abused Acts, to which this Bill is intended as a successor. In the midst, however, of these provisions, we cannot help asking ourselves " cui bone," for what purpose are these re gulations made, if, 'when observed, no further use is to be derived .from them but the knowledge of the simple fact, that Monsieur or Bignor Sofand-so re sides 41 in such and such a place. We are. marvellously, puzzled in conjecturing of what possible utility such information can be .; and, after all, must remain satisfied with the declaration of the 'British sorts of liberality, that it is of .wonderful use, and that there is a vast difference between this law and the law of the late Alien Acts ! If so it is— why, be it so ; all we say is, we cannot find it out, and - envy much the great penetration of Mr. Hobhouse, •Mr. Hume, and others of the King's Opposition, in this respect. If they are satisfied, Heaven forfend we should be otherwise---euch an opportunity for una nimity ought not to be lost, for when it may come again no one can tell. Major F------, a subscriber at Tattersall's, was lipstled on Afthulay, nenr the Park Gate, in Oxford -street, his *het cut open, a n d a purse containing 1871. taken from it. A.HARD CA 8 John C. Singleterry, of Portage County, Ohio, Jars recently been mulcted in six hundred dollars damages, for a slander uttered by his loving spinisc. 'Poor fellow he had much better have remained Mr. Single Terry all his life, than to take ~helpmate who will tolls away his hardearn '4o.thus.—New York C o mmercial Advertiser. PIAN GuN-B mi ngLs.--From..the Transactions otthe Society of Arts, we nod that the4gun-batrels made at 'Bombay, in imitation of those made at Dantasetak so much-va-' has' by the Orientals for th,( bertuty of their twist,"are 'mann facture(' from iron:hoops; obtained from :European casks, mostly British. QUARTERLY NIEETING OF EQUITABLE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—(YEsTIRDAA-.) A Meeting of the Equitable . Insure/fee Office wag held this day, for the Election of Directors for ensuing year. Notice was given of a Motion to be made at thellext General Grdrt,'for,. paying the Claims for Insurance at the. of three months, aft the decease of the Insured, and the asliion of the Claims, in stead of six months, • ik The Accounts for the year 1825; Mire laid before the General Court as follows a. d. 321 New In- 4. 6. aims . paid, 277,358 15.6 . surances - 16,081 6 6 Addas.to do. 153,071 1 0 Ann. Premiums 431,616 17 6 Surrendered Divds. on Stock 286,925 0 0 Policies - 28,699 11 6 Inst. on Mort- Do. Premiums 100,644 PT 0 * gages - 42,360 0 0 145,000 3 per Extra Premiums Ct. Consols for Sea Risks bought - 134,600 0 0 and other small 142,000 3 per Receipts - 4,580 6 0 Ct. Red. bt. 130,342 10 0 Lent on 31ort- £781,563 10 0 Repaid on Mort gages - 68,176 12 0 60,000, sold 8i per. Cent. 47,425 0 0 150,000, 3 per Cent. Cons. 128,875 0 0 50,000, 8 per " • Cent. Red. 39,805 8 4 Balance in hand SlitDee.lB24 88,482 4 4 gage - 235,000 0 0 Gen.Expences, Rents, Sala ries, Statio nery, Law expences,&c. 10,154 8 3 £1,069,874 4 3 Balance 31st Dec. 1825 33,953 10 5 £1,103,827 14 8 .C 1,103,927 14 The Capital of the Society was as follows on the Ist Jan. last. S per Cent. Console, and Reduced - X 9,0011,000 Sr per Cent. Reduced - 380,000 Lent on Mortgage - - 1,157,059 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPT, MAT 3. IN TIM MATTER OF SIXES AND CO. BANKRUPTS. Mr.' FONDLANQUE having yesterday moved the Court of Chan cery for an order to stay the tlmlaration of a dividend in this mat ter (which was advertised for this day), on the part of James Bowes Smithson, who claims to be a creditor of the firm, on the part of himself and another, to a large amount, being 150,0001. ; his Lordship was pleased to direct that the declaration of the divi dead should stand over until Saturday, to Afford Mr. Smithson an opportunity to present a petition to the Court relative to his claim. An application was in consequence made this day to the Court of Commissioners to that effect ; which was strongly opposed by the Solicitor of the assignees, on the ground that an application had not been made before. We understand from undoubted authority, that the claimant is related .tti. two Dukes, Norfolk and Northum berland. The COURT, however, in compliance with the order of the Lord Chancellor, postponed the declaration of the dividend until Satur day, the 6th instant. POLICE, INTELLIGENCE. . . STSAE4NQ IN PRINTING-OF/IC/S. GUILDHALL—A man, who gave his name Thomas Tho mas, was charged with stealing in the printing-offices of Mr. Clowes, Nerthumberland-court, and Mr. Gilbert, St. John's sqUare. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Clowes' composi tors, that, on quitting their business on Monday evening, each man left his composing-stick (en instrument used in compositors' work) on his frama, in the usual way, and, on returning on Tuesday morning, 'five or six of the composing -sticks bad disap peared from various pasta of the office. Inquiry was made at two : pawnbrokers', where such sticks are known to be pawned j and sold, and the whole of the missing articles were found to have been deposited there on Monday evening. The prisoner after- Wards applied to pawn some more composing -sticks, when be was taken into o:0,0y, A compositor (reit Mi.' Gilbeit's office identified one of the composing-sticks pledged by the prisoner, and now produced by the pawnbroker, as his property, which had been stolen 'from Mr. Gilbert's on Tuesday; and another person, from the same house, proved having seen the prisoner in the office on Tuesday, during the dinner-time of the men. The prisoner, when walled on, told a round-about story of his having met some man, whom lie did not know, at the Hole-in the-wall, Fleet-street, and at the Three Herringe, Bell-yard (pub , licshouses frequented by printers), itho asked him to pawn for hiin• the articles now produced. The man, h o w ever , w as not forthcoming, and the Sitting Alderman (Sir It. C. Gt.vae) con sideml the evidence taken to be to conclusive, that Ise-committed the prisoner for trial on both the charges. Eight or tee n compo sitors front the two offices were in attendance, to prefer similar charges against the prisoner, had it been necessary. The Rev. Rowland Hill appeared before Sir R. C. GLYN, Ba ronet, yesterday, to solicit his advice under the following eircum itinces-:—Placards had been posted about the streets, annottucs. ing that Founders-hall chapel, Lothbnry, will be re-opened on Thursday (that day), for divine worship, under the pastoral Can: of the Rev. Samuel Walter Burgeons, on which occasion three ser mons would be preached—that in the morning by the Rev. Row land Bill, A.lll. ; in the afternoon, by the Rel. James Spencer, A. 8., late of Trinity College, Dublin; and in the evening by the IlSv. Robert Stodhart, of Mulberry-gardens chapel, Ratcliffe. Now, as far as respected himself, he had not only never consent ed to preach the said sermon, but had never even been applied to on the subject; and upon inquiry, he hail learnt that the party who had commenced this speculation was little better than a swindler. The question he wished to have solved was, whether, if the impostor should make a collection after the sermon, which might be supposed to be the, main object, he could not be made amenable by the criminal law, the congregation contributing 'under the delusion that the man bad at least the countenatit* of the applicant. Sir HICJIAR.D, after consulting with his legal adviser, was of opinion that he 'could not interfere in any way, mind that if the applicant had any,remetly, it must hely action. The Rev. Rowland Hill retired, expressing a doubt if it would be worth while to give himself any further trouble. With regard to the meeting itself, we understand a sermon was preached by some person; but 110 collection was attempted, the congregation consistiug of only forty of fifty individuals. It would, however, have been well attended, but for the diversion of the hand-bills about the doors, stating that the publication of the Rev. It. Hill's name was a gross imposition upon the public credulity, that Res% Gentleman being " totally`ignorant of the man who presumed on such an unwarrantable liberty with his name." j UNION HALL. :Yesterday a female, named Ann Robinson, in the service of -Dr. Stephenson, of Walcot-plaie, Kennington, was brought up in the, custody of Grassinith, the officer, before the sitting Magistrate, R. CHAMBERS, .Esq., c ha r g e d w ith robbing her muster of plate and other property of considerable value. ......, . From the evidence of Mrs. Stephenson, it' appeared that the prisoner had been IS months in their service, and that during the above period, silver spoons, forks, and other article. offline, were constantly missed from the house. As there were other.domes tics in the service, against whom stronger suspicions were enter tained of having stolen the property than the prisoner, the former were discharged, their good opinion of nobinson's character for honesty being forined.in consequence of the distress she affected on those occasions, when a silver article or any other description of property disappeared from the house. Altliongh every means had been devised to detect the real pilferer for a length of time, that object had not been accomplished until within a few days back, *hen, in consequence of two Urge oilier table-spoons having been liken from the sideboard cellaret, a general search took place of all the servants,—a proposition that was first started by the prisoner herself. During the examination, . when it came to Robinson's turn to have her pockets searched, her agitation was apparent to all present, for she absolutely quaked with fear. la her pock e t s were discovered about forty deplieates 'Of plate and other articles Mrs. Stephenson, that had been pledged at various times with ditferent pawnbrokers; and amongst the number, the duplicate of the two silver table: previously laid to spoons that had been so recently stolen, and for the loss of which m th i e ssed pri . soner expressed such uneasiness at the time they were against her, de semity of victuals allowed by her master; astheaTelshioeapriqgtii!seronossftwooticherneerip)iot:pivileilrincteyt.d, i a nw n h i t l hic4 i h dest : i set fi ei .b l ee b n y itill'ii,e7las::atitt' The prisoner, onhearing this charge alleged dined that she had been driven to the conunission of theft on ac- Was obliged to have re -cootie to his- propertp-- Sim :Aso' insinuated that her master had ? taken improper. liberties with her PersOn, and therefore she con to bring- a charge of a i no d ud e i r l eil tt owf h as e thte s o l ligllia. make a l et h u s, Iti ibis • . f e lony amongt her. The prisoner's statement Was, however, •contmdieteff by the Other servants, and she was fully committed fur trial. fHE ARMY. The Ist Battalion of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards marched on Wednesday from Finsbury Quarters, to Knights bridge Barracks. The 2 ißattalionef the 3d Foot Guards proceeded on Wednes. day to occupy the quarters vacated by the let battalion of th* Coldstream Regiment of 'Guards. The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Infantry has complet ed its augmentation establishment. A detichment belonging to the Veteran Companies embarked on the Qd inst. on board the Orpheus convict ship, at Chatham, for New South Wales. A detachment of the 60th Rifle Corps marched on Wednesday from Westminster, for Manchester. A detachment of the 90th Foot marched on Wednesday front Westminster, for Radford. THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM'S WILL. The Will of the late Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, has just been proved in ihe •Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, The per sonal estate and effects are sworn under 160,0001. His Lordship *commences hie will in the following terms : " I, Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, behig of sound health, both of body and mind, but not forgetful of the uncer tainty of life, do hereby publish and declare this to be my last will and testament. My soul I commit to that Almighty Being from whom I received it, humbly hoping that he will mercifully pardon all the sins and errors of which I have at any time been guilty; and that he will deign to accept my imperfect services' through the merits and mediation of his blessed Son lons Cbristf _ - the truth of whose gospel I most Un f e i gne dl y b e li eve ; an d for the benefits derived to mankind from whose doctrines, pteceptsr example, efficacious death, atonement, and intercession, the most devout and grateful sense. cc To relieve my exmotors from any doubts which they might otherwise have respecti4 the disposal of my remains, I desire that they may be interred, with the ntrootit simplicity, in the raelt !fin Mongewell church,. elsollld 1 (lie there, or at London; but-If 1 die at Durham, or Auckland Castle, that then they may be dew posited in the chapel at the last of those two places, without stiY vain pomp or idle parade.. Should it please God to remove me out of this world by distemper, attended with uncommon symr . toms, the causes of which, it is apprehended by the medical per" sons attending me, may be discovered by dissection, I expressly' order that my body may be opened, and my case published for the benefit of my fellow-creatures." The Bishop gives most of his real estates in Durham to trus tees, for his great-nephew, the Hon. W. K. Barrington, .and his children; his manor of Mongewell, ()son, to his great-nephews - Uvedale Price; several sums to his relations; a few boat" to the Brush Museum, others to Bishop Coain'a library, Durham; Soule pictures to the See of Durham as an heir-loom. He, then state, thst whereas he has lately purchased of Joseph William Ogle, of Southampton-steeet, Blootnsbury, in the county of Middlesex, Esq,, a mansion -house, called Warwick-house, with eatch.lonset, stables, &r., adjoining, situate in Worthing, in the county 0 1 Sussex, with the fixtures and furniture belonging to the stung, file the sum of 12,0001., he gives the said mansion unto trustees, t' s permit and suffer Ann Eliz. Colberg, of Cayendish-squere, in the county of Middlesex, spinster, to enjoy the said mansion-houser and to receive the rents, issues, and profits thereof, during the term of her natural life, for her sole support and peculiar use an d benefit, without being subject to the power, control, interference , debts, or engagements, of any husband she may at any time here after marry. He also gives and bequeaths to Miss Ann Elizabeth Colberg, during her life, his own portrait, by Robertson, which is now hung up in the dressing room at 31ongewell, and also the use sad enjoyment of the china iu the ,said dressing room. The following bequests are made to several charities:—To the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in fiireign parts, 1,00 To the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1,0001. the Clerical Orphan Society,,4oo4, s ito the. Bririsli and reign Bible Society, 500/. To thisilftional School, Baldwin;- garden', Gray's lan-lane, for tlie instruttion ~f poor the Madras system, 1,000/, 3iis s ionary „Society 1 George''' . established in London in the year 1799, London. 5001: 'G chO(I! fur the I,nlig lltlllitaelr u nloose in st si D Af u r m ica b, au in d fields, Surrey, 6001. London Fever Institutirm, 500/. 15!f 4 . 4 Hospital at Hyde-par k-corner, bOOl. llfiddhaex Hospital, 50T . Institution called th e St range r's Friend, xOOl . Refuge tor O r, Destitute, situate at Middicliet -haus° , jr ; 1 .1 „„ ;: h oic Society for th e S uppress i on a vice 1.00 , . 6001. Female Pe n it en ti ary , 5001.14 141°314°4N walls the stun dieitY Society, 600?. I""hiP g" and-begtibi think most of :1,000/. to ben pplied by his executors ndyisable, for the purpose of erecting ausctlihdeoYl.t°ssi'llools,.traitnlxesf instruction of poor children - of the diocess of P u , t 1 Z" 14 . to to the Madras system, or for promot i ng that bsilTPAi t t r oli i te in any manner they should de e m most proper,Ou t'S s ! ' , d i m i lk effect its stlutary object—and aid and assist any .146. the diocese fur that object,. H e gives to thiOloyal i'Ynn4"l,vr7,t -ciety in London, 500/. To the Asylum for tlic fl 'sy Health, id the New-read, Pancras, in the counts , of Al 'fl!,.. tm „ 5001. Vs the Society fur the Conversion and Hehgu)ud I> • . dim tio Islands,nan iEdu,coaotot ion .. of the Negro Slaves in the Briti sh Wo.t He gives to his ranch-valued and esteem.e4. friends, Dr. b ofr Bargees, Bishop of Salishorys- 100/. ; and to . the li eu . Duren, I. A., Rector of 11fongewell, 100 1 . ; to Henry I h ilt ; 1,, and the Rev. Ji2111(11 Baker, the sum of 500/. each, as an aelniow ledgment for their trouble in the execu tion of the trusts of will. He gives John Burley 100 /. ; t o the Rev. Geor g e bend, Prebendary of I)urliani , and the Rev. William Stephen (Ai!? of vi l B ol. each t4(k. e l a dat i . . e, lon"vi4la"rlkiTlusis regard gre'il "he fo t t *". th 9 e ty nn of clerk, 0 sequence of her clothes accidentally 'catching fire, a kotprOntieins BURNT TO DEATH. —Yesterda y Morning , in con' child, six years old, daughter of Mr. Chambers, ofLittlit Shire" lane, Carey-street. About nix years ago Mr. C.. had the 1100" .- tune to lose a daughter of' the 311111 e age under s i m ilar eircurw stances. CIIILII EN . STOLEN.-1 1 W0 families in the ptU' of Shadwell h a ve each lost a little girl since last Sunday inorn in g o i about ten o'clock : one is Emma Basset, three years and a 1)31 old, a stout child, with light curly hair, and blue eyes with black frock and white pinafore—she has a pear on her left tangy The The other is Mary Hurlock, four years and a half ol I, olark• ba ' r and dark eyoi; had a blue frock, and a brown beaver bonnet Iv 6. They were seen about one one (o'clock on Sunday, at the lout 4 t the London Hospital. • • ATMOSPHERICAL PREssußi.—F i rom a'compar l " 5 00 of the various meteorological journals throughout the eon ti- 4 it appears that the main height of the barometer in the year 0 was greater than the main of the preceding 11 years. SOUTHALI. CATTLE MARKET. ri.twasna-r, MAT 3.—At tide dity's market, whielirsh ibite, s god supply, and was well attended by b ile *, each ol d „foot amutianded s moderately larisirsale, at the following yrices - stiwe of 0114., to sink the offal'.—Beef, from 3s. Bd , 11-b6r.4; Mutton, Ss. 10d. to 6a. 2d. ; Lamb, tia. to 6e. titl; ; "a' . to Bs. ; Pork, 4i. 211. „to As. 2d. The above quotations f t v i : Beef, Veal, and Mutton, 2d. per stiiite•dtkrer ; prime Lamb' ' 1 per stone cheaper ihan on this ditY:ae'nnight. Bat a small 1 1 ' r tion of the supply left the market unsold. TUNBRIDGE MONTHLY MARKET. 4: „„ TVVIDAY, Mar 2.—Beef, from.4s. 4d. to bs. ; Altitton, 6d. to bs. 4d. ; and Lamb, A. GcL to 6e. 6d. per s tone. moderate supply, and a brisk trade. LEWES MARKET. TUYSDAY, MAY 2...—BEef produced from 4*. 441. to 4t. 10.1. Mutton, 43. Bd. to 53. 4d.; and Lsunb, 6*. to 7s. per bt"",:, Supply good, and trade, e t pecially with prime tbingo, HAILSUAM MARKET. rigt WitnxitsnAT, Mh.r 3.—Beef, from 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10t1. ; ton, Ca. 6d. to 6s. 2d. ; and Lamb, 6s. to 6s. 6d. pe r s tuiL d : Supply of Beaata, limited; of Sheep and Lambs, moth.ratcly Trade with Beef, brisk; with Mutton and Lamb, dull. a so O n n , the Ist Inst., at Upper ßl ,Snnbu l ry, Mrs. Arthtir tjf Ta n y n lor t , he th 2 e d ß in ev s . t l Ci T in o r w ch n i um by ci t , h: n ß i t Z i re lc lin r MA KIM). A a ia t u ll ne ° _,y rn i s tire Y . 1 , 1 , are Townsend,Esri.of Downhille,Middlesex, to Eliza Fra r the eldest daughter of Colonel Norcott, cominanding 411fle Brigade, and second in command at Halifax: Lelristunn, Kent, in him C . On Wttingsdny . nierning Lilr. Either. t•-ergea Printed and Published by K.-YOUNG, at the SIM Orr iC* 1%.). ll*, Strand, • g~